Calendar mount



Oct. l2, 1965 G. E. NICHOLS 3,210,873

CALENDAR MOUNT Filed Aug. 25, 1963 United States Patent O 3,210,873 CALENDAR MOUNT Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro, Mass., assignor to Winthrop-Atkins Co., Inc., Middleboro, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Aug. 23, 1963, Ser. No. 304,009 Claims. (Cl. 40-120) This invention relates to calendar pad mounts of the kind disclosed in my copending applications Serial No. 304,010, filed August 23, 1963, Serial No. 359,981, filed April l5, 1964, and my Paten-t No. 3,150,777, dated September 29, 1964, and has for its principal objects to provide a particularly simple structure, the component parts of which fall readily into position and will remain in position without securing means in the form of braces, fasteners and the like; to provide a structure which is reversible in position and in either position will be attractive; to provide a structure which will have a different appearance in each of its two different positions; to provide a structure which may, by the simple expedient of repositioning certain of the incisions, alter the appearance materially and in a pleasing or novel manner; and to provide a structure which may be formed of a single blank by means of die-cutting operations.

As herein illustrated, the structure comprises a base and a part supported at an angle thereto by supporting means comprising elements connected to the base and to the part, the connections for the elements being located in the planes of the base and part and in spaced parallel relation. There are three supporting elements, a center element and two end the elements. In one form, the center element slopes at a greater pitch than the end elements and in another `form the center element slopes at a lesser pitch than the end elements. The elements are in the form of stiff panels. In the one form, the connection for the center panel with the base is closer to the rear edge of the base than the connections of the end panels and the connection for the center panel to the back is further from the lower edge of the back than the end panels. In the other form, the reverse is true, that is, the connections of the end panels t-o the base are closer to the rear edge of the base than the connection of the center panel thereto, and the connections of the end panels to the back are further from the lower edge than the connection of the center panel thereto. Optionally, the base contains a notch along its forward edge within which the lower end of the center panel is hinged and in the other form notches at the ends within which the end panels are hinged. The base may have straight front and rear edges and the center and end panels may be attached to the upper surface in spaced parallel relation as related above. The center panels m-ay have downwardly converging or diverging edges and the end panels may have corresponding diverging or converging edges. In any of the forms of the invention, the base or back, as well as the panel elements, may become the calendar pad support by appropriate disposition of the structure.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with lreference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the mount;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation;

FIG. 2a is an end view of the structure shown in FIG. 2, folded to form a compact package;

FIG. 3 is a bottom View;

3,210,873 Patented Oct. 12, 1965 lCe FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the mount set up in the reverse position;

FIG. 5 is an elevation of the mount set up in the reverse position;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an elevation of a modification of the mount;

FIG. 8 is a back view of the mount shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the blank from which the mount shown in FIGS. l to 6 inclusive, is made;

FIG. l0 is a blank from which the mount shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is made;

FIG. l1 diagrammatically shows the structural makeup of the mount; and

FIG. 12 is an elevation of a second modification.

Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1 to 3, the mount comprises right-angula-rly disposed parts 10 and 12 connected at their divergent ends by elements in the form of rigid panels 14 and 16-16, so that the part 12 is supported substantially perpendicular to the part 10 with its lower edge abutting the base but unconnected thereto.

The panel 14 is situated between the panels 16-16 and is connected by a hinge 18 to the part 10 along a line closer to the rear edge of the part 10 than are the hinges 20-20 which connect the panels 16-16 to the part 10. The upper ends of the panels 14 and 16-16 are connected by hinges 22 and 24-24 to the part 12 in spaced parallel relation, with the hinge 22 further from the lower edge edge of the part 12 than the hinges 24--24. By so hinging the center and flanking panels to the parts, the plane of the center panel 14 lies at a more acute angle to the part 10 than the plane of the flanking panels 16-16 and provides a convenient surface on which to fasten a calendar pad. The flanking panels set off the center panel, providing a rather attractive display, and afford areas upon which advertising media may be placed if desired.

As herein illustrated, the offset of the hinges 18 and and 20-20 is provided by forming a notch 26 (FIG. 3) along the forward edge of the part 10 and of connecting the lower end of the panel 14 to the edge 26 by means of the hinge 18. The lower ends of the panels 16-16 are posite ends of the notch 26 by the hinges 20-20. Corre- .spondingly, the upper edge of the part 12 has at its opposite ends notches to which the upper ends of the flanking panels 16-16 are connected by the hinges 24-24. The upper end of the center panel 14 is connected by the hinge 22 to the unnotched portion of the upper edge between the notches.

The mount, as described in FIGS. 1 to 3 inclusive, may be turned over onto the part 12, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 inclusive, to provide a completely different appearance. In this structure, the part 12, which was formerly upright, now becomes a base for the structure and the part 10, which was formerly the base, now becomes a back. In this form, the center panel 14 is at the more acute angle to the base than the flanking panels 16-16. The hinges 22 are further from the rear edge of the part 12 than the hinges 24-24 and the hinges 20-20 are further from the lower edge of the part 10 than the hinge 18. The calendar pad is fastened to the center panel 14. The part 12 has notches 28-28 along one edge to which the anking panels 16-16 are hingedly connected and the center panel is hingedly connected to the portion of the part 12 intermediate the notches. The part 10 has a notch along its upper edge to which the center panel is hinged and the llanking panels are connected to the portions of the edge at opposite sides of the notch.

The blank from which the mount described with reference to the foregoing figures is made, as shown in FIG. 9, is comprised of a sheet of paperboard a slotted transversely, as shown by the spaced parallel dotted lines, to form the hinges 18, 20, 22 and 24, covered with a decorative paper b and die-cut along spaced parallel, longitudinally disposed lines c to form the center and llanking panels.

The appearance of the mount may be materially altered by changing the position of the die-cut lines separating the center panels from the llanking panels, as shown in the blank in FIG. l0. Here the die-cut lines c are divergent and when the mount is folded into position it provides the appearance shown in elevation in FIG. 7, in which the center panel 14a has downwardly divergent side edges 14b14b and the flanking panels 16a-16a have upwardly divergent edges 16b-16b. The bottom has a notch 26a (FIG. 7) in which the lower end of the center panel 14a is hinged and the lower ends of the ilanking panels are hinged to the unnotched portions of the edge at each end of the notch.

FIG. 1-1 diagrammatically shows the relation of the component parts as hinged to each other. Since the panels 14 and 16-16 are pivotally supported to the base at one end and pivotally supported at their opposite ends to the back, it is evident that movement of the panels angularly with respect to the base in a clockwise direction, as shown in FIG. 1l. automatically swings the back downwardly and inwardly to a substantially vertical position into engagement with the base. The panels may be of equal or unequal length. As thus constructed therefor, the weight of the back and panels automatically causes `the component parts to fall into position and to remain in this position unless otherwise disturbed. Naturally, by reversing the rotation of the support, as shown in FIG. 11, the component parts may be laid out in a single plane thus making it particularly suitable for manufacture. The parts may be folded toward each other into a compact package for mailing as shown in FIG. 2a.

The part 12 in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the part 10 in FIGS. 4 to 6, may he employed to support a calendar pad and the like instead of the inclined center panel and, if desired, the parts or 12 may be supported so as to be inclined. Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 12, a part 12 is supported in an inclined position by center and llanking panels 14' and 16-16, connected at their lower ends to a part 10. The part 10 is, in turn, fastened to a baseboard 10", so that the latter extends in one or both directions from the bottom of the structure. The positions of the panels 14 and 16-16 may be reversed as described above by turning the structure over so that the part 10' is upright and the part 12' rests on the base 10".

In each of the forms of the invention the structure is elongate, hollow, and comprised of three sections of hollow, triangular cross-section, the center section being of different triangular configuration than the end sections and the latter being identical. In one form, the center section is of greater height and lesser base than the end sections and in another the center section is of lesser height and greater base than the end sections.

`It is to be understood that the hinged structure employed for connecting the parts is formed by covering the adjacent edges of the panels with paper, for example the decorative paper applied to the panels, for the purpose of providing an attract-ive article. Optionally, of course, these could be reinforced with additional paper crossing the edges of adjacent panels. Hinges may alternatively be formed by embossing, perforating, incising, or the like. If rigidity is desired, deformable elements in the form of soft metal strips may be embodied in the hinge structure which, upon deformation, will h old adjacent panels at a ixed angle with respect to each other. Such deformable hinges are shown in my copending application of even date. The structure may be made of plastic sheet material and plastic hinges may be ernployed to connect the parts such as disclosed in my copending application.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all rnodications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A structure comprising angularly disposed panels, center and flanking panels connecting the divergent edges of the angularly disposed panels, the ends of said center and llanking panels being parallel to each other in the planes of said angularly disposed panels, and hinge means connecting the center and flanking panels, the hinges connecting the center panel to one of the angularly disposed panels being closer to the place of intersection than the other, and the hinge means connecting the center panel to the other panel being further from the place of intersection than the hinge means connecting the ilanking panels thereto.

2. A structure comprising a base, a panel, and means suspending the panel from its upper edge at an angle to the base with its lower edge parallel to the base, said means comprising three supports inclined to the base with their ends hingedly connected to the base and to the panel, said supports being connected by said hinges so that they are inclined to the base in planes situated at dillerent angles to the base.

3. A structure comprising angularly disposed parts unconnected at their convergent ends, three panels connected to the divergent ends of the parts, comprising a center panel and flanking panels, the ends of said center panel and llanking panels being connected in spaced parallel relation to the planes of the parts, with the connection of the center panel to one part closer to the place of intersection of the planes of the parts than the connections of the flanking panels, and the connection of the center panel to the other part further from the place of intersection than the connections of the llanking panels.

4. A structure comprising angularly disposed parts unconnected at their convergent ends and means connecting the divergent ends of said parts, said connecting means supporting the parts at said angular disposition relative to each other and comprising at least two elements situated between the parts, hinges connecting the ends of said elements to the parts, the hinge by means of which one end of one element is connected to one of the parts being closer to the intersection of the planes of the parts than the hinge by means of which the corresponding end of the other element is connected to said one part, and the hinge by means of which the other end of said one element is connected to said other part being further from the intersection of the planes of the parts than the hinges by means of which the corresponding end of said other element is connected to said other part.

5. A foldable support designed, for example, to hold a calendar pad in an inclined position, said support cornprising at least four parts, each of stiff material, two of said parts being connecting elements which unite two other of said parts, said latter two parts, when the device is set up for use, being disposed in planes which intersect, each connecting element having a hinge at each end whereby its opposite ends are united to said two other parts respectively, the axes of all of the hinges being parallel to the line of intersection of said planes, the

`axis of the hinge whereby the first of said connecting elements is united to the tirst of said two other parts being closer to a line of intersection of said planes than is the axis of the hinge whereby said connecting element is united to the second of said two other parts, while the axis of the hinge whereby the second of said connecting elements is united to the second `of said two parts is 5 6 nearer to the line of intersection of said planes than is References Cited by the Examiner the axis of the hinge whereby said second connecting UNITED STATES PATENTS element is united to the rst of said two parts so that, when the device is set up for use, the connecting elements 2,361,562 10/44 Puk 40-1241 lie in intersecting planes whereby, Without other re- 5 213861618 10/45 L1S le 40-124'1 taining means, the support will maintain its operative 690524 10/54 Phlull?s 40-124-1 X position indefinitely with one of said four parts still inclined to the vertical as to provide an acceptable support EUGENE R' CAPOZIO Pnmary Exammer' for a calendar pad. JEROME SCHNALL, Primary. 

1. A STRUCTURE COMPRISING ANGULARLY DISPOSED PANELS, CENTER AND FLANKING PANELS CONNECTING THE DIVERGENT EDGES OF THE ANGULARLY DISPOSED PANELS, THE ENDS OF SAID CENTER AND FLANKING PANELS BEING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER IN THE PLANES OF SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED PANELS, AND HINGE MEANS CONNECTING THE CENTER AND FLANKING PANELS, THE HINGES CONNECTING THE CENTER AND FLANKING PANELS, THE LY DISPOSED PANELS BEING CLOSER TO THE PLACE OF INTERSECTION THAN THE OTHER, AND THE HINGE MEANS CONNECTING THE CENTER PANEL TO THE OTHER PANEL BEING FURTHER FROM THE PLACE OF INTERSECTION THAN THE HINGE MEANS CONNECTING THE FLANKING PANELS THERETO. 